Ornamented article of wearing apparel



Patented Mar. is. race ALFRED a. emnnnn, or warnn'rown, ssacnusn'r'rs,nssrenoa, BY stun as SIGNMENTS, To noon RUBBER COMPANY, me, onWATERTOWN, messacnusnrrs,

A CORPORATION OF MAS$ACHUSETTS ORNAMENTED ARTICLE 0]? ARING- APPARELApplication filed August 22, 1927. Serial 310.21%,621.

This invention relates to an improved ornamented article of wearingapparel and to the process of manufacturing such articles.

The process of this invention may be employed in manufacturing fabricuppers with I rubber compound soles, rubber compound uppers with rubbercompound soles, leather uppers with rubber compound soles, fabric upperswith rubber compound molded soles, leather uppers with rubber compoundmolded soles, fabric uppers with rubber or composition soles, leatheruppers withv leather or composition soles, bathing shoes, rubbers,bathing caps, gaiters, and the like.

Under the term fabric uppers would be included tennis shoes and allcloth top, commonly called arctic, and .gaiter shoes which have a fabricupper. J 4

lhe invention consists in the improved shoe hereinafter described andset forth in the claim, and to the process of manufacturingthe same.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevat'on of a tennis shoeembodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank for the upper of the shoe illustratedin Fig. 1.

Like numerals refer to like parts in the views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is a blank of fabric of the proper size and contourto be'formed into the fabric upper 6 of the shoe 7 illustrated inFig. 1. t

The blank illustrated in Fig. 2' is made of fabric and has printedthereon adesign in ink, preferably colored. This design consists oflines 8 on a portion of the upper and also of'lines 9, 10 andll whichsub-divide the blank into parts corresponding, when the blank is formedinto the roper shape, to the conventional parts of a s cc, such as thetoe cap 12, the vamp 13, and the top 14: and counter 17.

The blank 5 hasth'e ink forming the design thereon impressed into the.fabric, and this is accomplished by placing the blank in a 15 will beprinted upon the fabric and impressed thereinto with a. heavy pressuresuch as may be obtained in a printing press, or any device which wouldgive the proper impression.

After the fabric blank 5 has had the design. printed thereon andimpressed thereinto, the

manner on to the insole; the filling sole is applied, and the shoe iscemented at the edge and the foxing and outsole applied.

After the different parts of the shoe have thus been attached, the shoeis placed in an oven and subjected to heat until the rubber sole, or anyother rubber parts which may be in the shoe, are vulcanized. At the sametime the heat of the oven causes the ink to become permanently set inthe fabric forming the upper.

my hand.

- ALFRED A. GLIDDEN.

I have hereunto set printing press with an electrotype and engraved cutor other suitable form provided with the design desired, so that in thisin-v stance, the lines 8, 9, 10 and 11 with the dots

